The Spoils of Dust

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  • Engelsk
  • 256 sider

Beskrivelse

Once the third largest lake in California, and among the world's greatest air pollution offenders, the deadened Owens Lakewas for decades merely a catastrophic footnote to the most notorious water grab in modern history. Now, the lake has been reassembled to exceed the value of what was lost - without refilling its shores and depriving Los Angeles of its water supply. InSpoils of Dust the lake's peculiar redemption is the backdrop for investigating contemporary relationships between landscapedesign, control, and perception. The lake-like terrain is the most intimate display of modern technocratic vision and exposes thelimits of invention and control of infrastructural ecologies. Whether by observations of dust or scenery, it is as much the productof how we perceive and value landscape today. Answering its analysis, the book concludes with a visual atlas and proposal toinduce more imaginative outcomes and perceptions.

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Detaljer
  • SprogEngelsk
  • Sidetal256
  • Udgivelsesdato05-12-2018
  • ISBN139781940743486
  • Forlag Oro Editions
  • FormatPaperback
Størrelse og vægt
  • Vægt653 g
  • Dybde1,4 cm
  • coffee cup img
    10 cm
    book img
    17,8 cm
    22,9 cm

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